Le Corbusier 3

Villa La Roche was a house designed by Le and his cousin Pierre Jeánneret, finished in 1923. The villa was built for a Swiss banker. The whole house follows the idea of an architectural promenade, which was inspired after Le’s trip to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. An architectural promenade is supposed to feel like an art gallery or an experience as the house leads you with all its soft edges and turns. The villa follows rules of geometry and has a minimalist aesthetic. I like this building a lot, it has a lot of soft curves and points that all flow very nicely together. The inside gives you clear direction of where you should be walking and how you go through it. All the corners and curves are cohesive and run together with purpose.

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